black women and the academy
1994; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 17; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4324/9780203491348-10
ISSN1080-6512
Autores Tópico(s)Education Systems and Policy
ResumoI want to thank Evelyn Hammonds and Robin Kilson for having devoted probably the last year of their lives to the organization of this absolutely magnificent gathering. This gathering has done so many things for all of us: have been able to reconnect with friends and former colleagues and sister comrades and students, many of whom might never have seen if not for Robin and Evelyn's determined organizing. And have made new connections with new people, new ideas, new issues and new struggles. We have, at least for the last three days constructed a powerful community of Black women and our sisters of color located within, around and against the academy. And will go on record for having been here in all our wonderful, complicated and sometimes frustrating diversity. We have also agreed to let the Clinton Administration know that are indeed capable of formulating political demands. Whether will follow up on them remains to be seen. But that is up to us. It is an honor to have been invited to give a major address during this conference, especially since I speak from the same podium from which Johnetta Cole and Lani Guinier have offered us such inspiring and illuminating ideas. When I heard Lani Guinier tell her story about having been mistaken for Zoe Baird, I thought, well, at least the notion that we all look alike has become slightly more expansive than it used to be. Although I must admit that I continue to be astonished about the extent to which our community's knowledges are so thoroughly shaped by the visual media. Not very long ago a young Black woman clerk appeared quite excited that I was shopping at her store. Aren't you the woman on 'A Different World?' (Of course, there have been some white people who think I am Alice Walker or Whoopi Goldberg.) So, when I told the young woman my name, she said, Oh, now I remember: the big afro! I guess I am destined to go down in history as The Big Afro-although when I first started wearing it, the police often followed me because they thought I was Kathleen Cleaver (who, incidentally, has also been present at the conference this weekend).
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